Meet the Canadians spearheading the $100 million enterprise SaaS-focused Leaders Fund
Under the direction of three experienced enterprise software leaders, the $100 million Leaders Fund launched today with the…
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Startup Canada Podcast: Stephen Partridge talks disruption on a global scale
“How can we build a billion dollar company and have it be safe and de-risked?” This is a key question for Stephen Partridge…
BlackBerry’s QNX announces self-driving car platform at CES
BlackBerry’s QNX revealed a number of new initiatives today at CES, most pertaining to the automotive flavour of the…
Shopify just gave its employees $1,000,000 to spend on Shopify-powered stores
Shopify just destroyed your startup’s secret Santa program. Today, the Ottawa-based, IPO’d company announced that each…
Startup Canada adds 8 new co-working partnerships in Ontario
As part of the final stop of its cross-Canada #EveryEntrepreneur tour, Startup Canada today announced new additions to its…
How PageCloud plans to save the web (and why customers should pay for it)
Last week, I sat down with Craig Fitzpatrick, the CEO of PageCloud, a web hosting company that aims to reinvent the design…
Startup Canada and Export Development Canada create memorial fund in honour of former chairman Adam Chowaniec
Startup Canada and Export Development Canada, which provides Canadian exporters with financing, insurance and bonding services…
Today in funding ($12M): Jobber, Better Software, Pyrowave, wantoo, SeamlessMD
B2B startups across Canada are well-represented in today’s funding roundup. Here’s the latest on who raised how…
Shopify’s 180-day lockup period ends tomorrow
After a highly successful initial public offering earlier this year helped Shopify secure $131 million in additional funding,…
Shopify launches Sello to democratize ecommerce through social media
Ottawa-based Shopify has launched a new mobile app this morning, called Sello. As the name and the company’s heritage would…
Hired launches in Canada as talent crunch grows
As fast-growing firms from tech hubs in Vancouver to Waterloo and beyond scramble for talent, Hired is launching across Canada…
Shopify revenue hits $52.8 million USD in huge Q3
Ottawa-based Shopify announced its Q3 2015 financial results today, showing the steady growth necessary post-IPO. For its second…
C100 selects startups for December 48 hours in the Valley cohort
After a month of serious deliberation, the C100, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Canadian startups find connections in Silicon…
QNX says this time it will be different for BlackBerry against Apple and Google in the connected car space
You may not know it, but there is still one industry where BlackBerry is a market leader. In 2010, BlackBerry purchased Ottawa’s…
Ottawa Senators team up with IBM to personalize fan experience
The Ottawa Senators and IBM announced a long-term partnership to apply behaviour-based, predictive analytics technologies to…